sharing myself...

Being in academics gives some experience of conducting or
doing invigilation in examination on a regular basis. Also invigilating for
three hours in the exam hall is like a punishment – this is one side of the
coin. The other side of coin is the paper evaluation, reading whatever students
have written. I need not tell explicitly that students will write whatever
comes to their mind than what is required or asked in the examination.

Even though am not allowed to do evaluation of semester
examination answer scripts, being a junior in the department need to help all
the senior colleagues in counting total marks, filling the OMR sheets etc., On
one of such occasions it so happened that one answer sheet had a small bundle
of papers. Immediately we recognized it as the micro copy which student might
have used for copying in the examination. Copying or carrying any text material
in paper can be treated as malpractice and the punishment can be imposed even
to the extent debarring student from taking examination for certain years.

The student has made sure that all the pages in the book were
properly scaled down to the small rectangular book to be able to hold in the
pocket or hide in the answer booklet so that it won’t be visible to others.
Don’t know why the student has left the chit in the answer booklet itself, as
many students will copy in the examination without the notice of room
supervisors and external observers and won’t be caught even after copying
successfully!

Many students planning to copy or to recall answers while
writing scribble some code words or small letters as hint on their geometry
box, scribbling pad and worse is that students won’t mind writing on the back
side of identity card issued by the institute. Even few students find out their
seating arrangement in the exam hall in advance and paste the text book
material or write down important points on the desk they sit.

These are just the ways I noticed there may be many ways
left to the innovation of students as one of the girl recently caught during
exam has neatly scribbled important formulae on six pencils just by skinning
those!